this failed me as a flare nut picnic tap, don't do it....

[Golddiggie]

I had a lathe for a number of years. It got messed up in my last move and even after getting it repaired it had issues. Let someone else take over that problem. Got the milling machine in the garage now (Grizzly G0761) and added DROs to it along with a bunch of tooling and such. They say you spend (at least) the amount you spend on the mill on additional items. I believe it. Between the DRO set, the current vise (this is the third one I've had), end mill holding items, and more layout items (Haimer - 80.360.00.IN HAIMER Universal 3D Sensor - Inch Version: Multi Testers: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific for one) it really adds up.
By the same token, I've made more things with the mill than I could have without it. Some simple things, like a mount for a LED light in the garage (mounts the garage door rail).
At some point I plan to get a good sized lathe (after I move again to someplace where I'll have enough space) again. I might also get a CNC mill to expand what I can do/make.

 

[bracconiere]

Did you keep a straight face when typing that

wait? all of my posts are posted with the upmost sincerity...it's all you guys that take it as a joke.....

edit: and i did mean it, every picnic tap i've owned dripped at first until i dismanteled them, and stretched the spring....rock solid afterwards.....

I get to play with different things as handles.

i don't want to combine that comment with the mushroom cap....

NO

see above....

How do you move the faucets around when pouring a beer? Lol

i don't think he needs to? didn't he say he just shoots it into the glass with a nitro/co2 blend?

 

[Golddiggie]

Four on the right are nitro/CO2 mix. Two on the left are CO2 only. At least for now. Might end up doing nitro mix for everything at some point.

For the record, machining/making things with the mill is a hobby for me. My 'real job' is in the IT field (for now). I did make two different bases for the Tapcooler can filler. Along with a mount to the bar clamp for the newer version (where it grips the can). IME, knowing where the bit is going related to the piece being machined is important. Sure, some use the marks on the handles, but those are notorious for being inaccurate (backlash is a bitch). DROs only measure when the table (or spindle) moves on it's axis.

 

[bracconiere]

Four on the right are nitro/CO2 mix. Two on the left are CO2 only. At least for now. Might end up doing nitro mix for everything at some point.

do they make a stout picnic tap?for like if you buy a keg of guiness for a party or something?

 

[Golddiggie]

do they make a stout picnic tap?for like if you buy a keg of guiness for a party or something?

Not in the ghetto mode you have. I do have a stout faucet on a QD for when I take the small keg with me. I use a paintball nitro bottle (with micro nitro regulator) in those cases. Gives the right pour.

 

[bracconiere]

Not in the ghetto mode you have. I do have a stout faucet on a QD for when I take the small keg with me. I use a paintball nitro bottle (with micro nitro regulator) in those cases. Gives the right pour.

if you didn't notice those are stainless!!! that be like...

 

[Golddiggie]

Yeah, but picnic taps are the Hi-Point of the tap world.

 

[bracconiere]

Yeah, but picnic taps are the Hi-Point of the tap world.

du point? lol


edit: and for the record...

 

[Golddiggie]

Hi-Point. Makers of dirt cheap pew-pews for low prices. They're the ghetto stepchild of their world. No one with any kind of standards buys one unless it's part of a joke. Or lost a bet.

 

[sibelman]

@bracconiere wrote "i prefer picnic taps, not that i've ever tried a 'real' faucet..."

I can relate to an emotional attachment to a thing or a kind of thing, especially if it has strong positive associations.

Having tried both picnic taps and, more recently, Perlick faucets, I'm liking the faucets.

Maybe it's just that my particular picnic tap history includes too much mediocre and/or foamy beer, beer getting on my fingers when I wanted it in my glass. But to each their own, eh?

 

[camonick]

Hi-Point. Makers of dirt cheap pew-pews for low prices. They're the ghetto stepchild of their world. No one with any kind of standards buys one unless it's part of a joke. Or lost a bet.

 

[Golddiggie]

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It's funny 'cause it's true...

 

[Knightshade]

 

[bracconiere]

i had to google "pew-pew"....at first i thought it was another wise crack about me....

but after googling, i found out it's a cool 'reference' to the A-Team!!! j/k

 

[vandalay]

do they make a stout picnic tap?for like if you buy a keg of guiness for a party or something?

You can pour a guinness with a plastic picnic tap.
The video is awful but believe me, it was a pretty decent cascade effect.
No nitro, only CO2.

 

[TheBluePhantom]

Awful lot of hate in this thread. I have been running picnic taps for about 7 years now. I have a 10 tap keezer, some of the taps are soda at 25 psi. I have not had all these problems other people seem to have, not even when my kids pull themselves a glass of soda do they have problems. And since I keep the taps in the cooler, I don't get the stale beer smell or fruit flies in my basement.

Maybe the problem is many people do not understand how to properly use them, or lack the physical dexterity. Perhaps @bracconiere could make an instructional video to help those less fortunate so that they too can reap the benefits of these affordable, easy-to-clean little miracles.

 

[sibelman]

I take it all back. Long live the humble and noble picnic tap.

 

[day_trippr]

"I come not to praise the picnic tap, but to bury it!"

 

[bracconiere]

does look like duo-tight?

but still

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermasculinity

 

[IslandLizard]

so i tried this so my picnic taps would be removable, but the one on the right after 6 or so months has developed a crack in the jumper tube.....

Where's the crack? Or is that a stock picture?

I suspect the problem is the very short distance (1/8", if that much) between the 2 barbs with the piece of vinyl hose connecting them.
It's the only flexible hinge in the assembly, and may be stressed.

Must have made a real mess... or even worse you lost precious beer!

So, why not just replace that short piece of vinyl hose every 3-6 months, before it cracks again? Problem solved.

 

[bracconiere]

Must have made a real mess... or even worse you lost precious beer!

no mess, other then @BrewerBrad82 's observation...but i felt it dripping on my finger while i was holding it...the crack in the vinyl is on the bottom....i quickly swapped my tap to the left one......

So, why not just replace that short piece of vinyl hose every 3-6 months, before it cracks again? Problem solved.

i'm hoping this is availible by then....

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/why-no-higher-end-picnic-taps.686191/post-9200649

 

[marc1]

no mess, other then @BrewerBrad82 's observation...but i felt it dripping on my finger while i was holding it...the crack in the vinyl is on the bottom....i quickly swapped my tap to the left one......




i'm hoping this is availible by then....

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/why-no-higher-end-picnic-taps.686191/post-9200649

What are you going to do with the flared one? Switch to DuoTight?

 

[bracconiere]

Switch to DuoTight?

no, i'm a one male flare to female flare guy.....

edit: the barb to barb thing was a experiment.....lol